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J.S. HULL. VAPOR BURNING HEA' I'ING AND UOOKING APPARATUS. A No. 283,246. A Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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Maryland, have invented certain new and'use PATENT OF ICE,

JOHN s. HULL, OFQIBALTIMORE, MAnYLAivD.

VAPOR-BURNING. HEATING AND COOKING APPARATUS;

' .SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No, 283,246, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed November 29, 1882. ,(h n model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known thatLJoIiN S. HULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore,

ful Improvements in Vapor-BurningI-Ieating and Cooking Apparatus, of which the following" is a specification, reference being had to themcompanying drawing, forming part hereof, iii

which is shown a view of said improvements partly in section and partly in elevation.

My inventionlis designed to adapt the wellknown vapor-burners to heating and cooking purposes; and it consists in certain arrangements, constructions, and combinations of devices, as will be first fully described, and then particularly pointed out in the claims, whereby a burner or series of burners of this class may be adapted to do all the cooking which is ordinarily done by a range or stove, and at the same time serve to heat the apartment in which the burners are located, as well as other apartments of the house, if. desired. v

It consists, also, of improved means for supplying oil to the burners, of clearing the pipes,

of oil, of filling the oil-tank from abarrel, and

, filling the steamerslwith water, all as hereinafter set forth. i v

Referring to the ,drawing by letter, A is an air-pump, having a cylinder and piston of ordinary construction, the piston being operatedby a shaft having a pulley and a cranlbhandle,

. whereby it may be operated by hand orpower,

barrel, above the oil. The flexible pipe If leads as may be necessary or desirablefl Leading from this pump are three pipes, A, A and A which are provided with valves au. a,

l and each of which pipes has, as a continuation thereof, a flexible pipe or hose, (marked, respectively, b b If.) The flelvible pipe b leads to an oil-barrel, B, opening through the shell of a bung, B, into theupper portion, B", of said to an air-tank, F. The flexible pipe 1) leads through theshell of a bung, G, of a water-barrel, G, which bung is constructed like the bung Bf of-the barrel B and operatesin a like manner.

Each of the bungs B and C is provided with a central tube, reaching nearly to the bottom of the respective barrels B and G, and these tubes are each provided with a flexible pi pe or hose, B and C the pipe B" leading to an oiltank, D, and the pipe 0" leading to a steamer, E.

The air-tank F is provided with a pipe, f,.

" having avalvc, f and leading to and opening into the upper part, D, of the tank D. This oil tank is provided with a vent-valve, D,

opening out of its top. The air-tank has a pipe, I

(Z, leading from its upper portion' to one end of an auxiliary storagetank, G. There is a pipe, (1, leading from near the bottom of the tank? D to the opposite end of the auxiliary tank G.- These pipes (Z d are provided with valves 6 e.

Mounted onthe upper side of the auxiliary.

ledge or shelf, i, upon which rests a conical water-back, J. 'The topor table of the stove is formed with a central longitudinal slot, one wall of which is shown at 15*, and has also a leaf, 1, hinged to its opposite end. The table is supported by legs I I, the latter of which is provided with alug or shoulder, 1*. On the under side of the hinged leaf 1 is formed alug or shoulder, I. Between the lugs I andl" is aprop, I, which supports the table-leaf and is removable to allow the leaf to drop.

on thetable may be any cooking-utensil-as, 1 D

for instance, the oven shown at K. The water-back ishollow and has attached to it two pipes, j j, one above the other, both communicating with the interior of the water-back and the interiorof a steam-tank, L, which rests on the table I, the pipes passing from I hereby reserve to myself the right to make i the water-back to the steam-tank through-- 5 the longitudinal slot 2' in the top of the table. Mounted above and resting upon the steamtank is a warming-oven, ll

N N are pipes communicating from the steam-tank L with the steamer, each of which ing suitable valves and connecting with aheating-coil, P, which may be located in any part I 5 of the building for heating purposes. There is also leading from the steam-tank a pipe, Q, which supplies steam to a steamer, R. The steam-tank L and steamers E and R are each provided with a valve by which they may at any time be emptied.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: The pump being operated forces the air into the air-tank through the flexible pipe b compressing the air in the tank, it being underare closed. The valve f may now be opened, allowing the compressed air to expand through the pipe f into the upper portion of the oiltank, causing the oil to rush through the pipe d into the auxiliary storage-tank G, thus supplying the burners. The water-back becom ing heated, the water with which it is filled rushes through the pipe j into the tank L, its place being filled by the water rushing through the pipe 9' from the steam-tank to the waterback. A continuous circulation is thus established, and the water in the steam-tank is quickly turned into steam. The same circulation is established when the union-valves are open between the steam-tank and the steamer E, through the pipes N N. The steam from the tank L is also forced into the coil 1? or the steamer B through the pipes O and Q, respectively;

When desired, the steamers E, E, E and E can be disconnected and removed from the tank by unscrewing the connecting-pipes. When it is desired to fill the oil-tank D, the valves a? and a are closed and air forced into the barrel, B, of oil through the bung B, causing the fluid to rush through the pipe B into the tank D. An operation of the same kind forces the Water from the barrel 0 into the steamer E. Vhen the steamers E, E, E and E have been removed, the prop I may be removed, allowing the leaf I to drop to a perpendicular position. I

\ When it is desired to use the stove without anysteam-fixtures, the tank L, pipes j j, and

1 6o Water-back are lifted off, the pipes j j passing through the slot 6 \Vhen it is desired to clear the auxiliary stood that at this time the valves a, a f, and e main oil-reservoir and to the air-tank, from storage-tank and its connecting-pipes of oil, the valve f is closed and the vent D opened, when the compressed air in the air-tank F will rush through pipe d and force the oil out of the auxiliary tank through the pipe (1 into "the oil-tank D.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, with a'vapor-burning stove, of the auxiliary oil-reservoir, the oiltank, the air-tank, the main oil-reservoir, and the air-forcing apparatus, and suitable direct tubular connections from the air-forcing apparatus to the main oil-reservoir and to the airtank, from the main oil-reservoir to the oil.- tank, from the air-tank to the oil-tank and to the auxiliary oil-reservoir, and from the oil tank to the auxiliary oil-reservoir at the op posite end thereof from the connection to the air-tank, said tubular connections, excepting that from the main oil-reservoir to the oiltank, being provided with valves, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a vapor-burning stove provided with a steamer, of the auxiliary, oil-reservoir, the oil-tank, the air-tank, the main oil-reservoir, the water-tank, and the air-forcing apparatus, and suitable direct tubular connections from the air-forcing ap paratus to the water-tank and thence to the steamer, from the air-forcing apparatus to the the main oil reservoir to the oil-tank, from the air-tank to the oil-tank and to the auxiliary oil-reservoir, and from the oil-tank to the auxiliary oil-reservoir at the opposite end thereof from the connection to the air-tank, said tubular connections, excepting that from the main oil-reservoir to the oil-tank, being provided with valves, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the burner H, the 5 slotted table, the water-back J, pipes j j, arranged one above the other, and the steamtank L, whereby the water-back and steamtank may be removed without disconnecting them, as set forth.

4. The combination of the burner, the waterback, the pipes j and j, the steam-tank, the stove-top, slotted as described, and the warming-oven m, as set forth.

5. The combination, with the pump having I I 5 three outlet-pipes with valves, of the barrels B 0, having bungs B O, the air-tank, the oiltank, and the steamer E, asset forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I 20 JOHN S. HULL.

Witnesses:

S. BRAsI-IEARs, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

